Your pay grows as you grow.
A simple, fair, and transparent way to be paid for what you can do — and to keep earning more as your readiness grows, through one clear pay update every year.
A short overview of how Fair Pay works.
► Watch the “Fair Pay” video at exIQtive.com
What this means for you
Raises without the negotiation
Your readiness is tracked all year, then applied as your Fair annual adjustment — automatically. You never have to ask.
Behind on pay? It’s caught.
If your pay is below what’s fair for your level, your Fair annual adjustment moves it up to close the gap.
Your range keeps up with the market
Just before each review, your pay range is refreshed with the latest market salary data — so it never quietly falls behind.
Fair for everyone — and in your hands
The same objective standard for all, and a clear view of what your next level takes. Your pay reflects what you can do.
Your readiness journey
“Readiness” is how much of your role you can confidently do — your knowledge, ability and consistent behavior — on a scale from 0% to 150%. You build it one responsibility at a time, and it sets where your pay sits in your range.
Your overall readiness blends all your responsibilities, so your number moves smoothly between these levels as you grow. The colors above match the ones on your Readiness Bar in exIQtive.com.
How you earn a badge
A badge isn’t given for showing up — you earn it by demonstrating three things for the responsibility:
Knowledge
You prove that you retained the knowledge to fulfill the responsibility.
Ability
You can actually carry it out — not just describe it.
Consistent Behavior
You apply that knowledge and ability reliably — over time, not just once.
The badge is yours to go and earn. When you’re ready, you prepare and request an inspection from a certified coach for that responsibility. They confirm it against a clear, pass/fail checklist — the same standard for everyone, with no subjective scoring.
How to prepare for inspection
You’re never left guessing what an inspection covers. Every responsibility has a checklist of checkpoints, and each checkpoint gives you everything you need to get ready:
Microlearning
Short learning content that builds the knowledge the checkpoint requires.
A quiz
Check — and prove — that you’ve retained that knowledge.
The inspection protocol
The exact steps your coach follows to confirm your ability and consistent behavior — so you know precisely what’s expected.
It’s all in exIQtive.com. Work through the checkpoints at your own pace — the learning, the quizzes, and the inspection protocol — then request your inspection when you’re ready. No surprises on inspection day.
How your badges add up
You earn a badge for each responsibility you hold. Each badge sets that responsibility’s readiness — and your overall readiness is the weighted average across all of them, weighted by each responsibility’s importance — so the ones that matter most weigh the most.
| Your responsibility | Badge earned | Importance | Readiness |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead client meetings | Professional | 100% | |
| Keep records up to date | Apprentice | 50% | |
| Mentor new joiners | Coach | 125% |
Importance shows as bars: low · medium · high. 0 bars means the responsibility is ignored and doesn’t affect your readiness.
It’s this single overall number that places you in your pay range — and it rises as you earn and upgrade badges.
How your pay is set
Your position has a market range
A fair pay range for your position, built from real market salary data for your location.
Your readiness sets your place in it
Your demonstrated readiness decides where you sit. At 75% you’re at the market midpoint; at the top, the maximum.
Fair Pay is that point
Your Fair Pay is simply the spot in the range that matches your readiness. The higher your readiness, the higher the point.
At 0% readiness you’re at the minimum and at 150% the maximum. The market midpoint for your position sits at the 75% mark — and the range keeps climbing well above it, because greater readiness earns greater pay.
When your pay actually changes
Your readiness can rise the moment you earn a badge — but your pay changes on a predictable, once-a-year schedule, not the instant you level up. Here’s exactly what happens at your Fair annual adjustment, and in what order:
First, your range is refreshed
Your pay range is updated with the latest market salary data for your role, so it reflects today’s market — not last year’s.
Then your Fair Pay is recalculated
Using your current readiness, your place in the refreshed range is set, and your pay is moved up to match if it’s behind.
Earning a badge doesn’t change your pay that day. It raises your readiness right away in exIQtive.com — and that growth is applied at your next Fair annual adjustment. One clear update a year, always built on fresh market data, so it stays predictable and current.
See where you stand — any time
There’s no black box. Open exIQtive.com whenever you like and see, in real time, the same readiness and pay information your managers see:
Your overall readiness — updated the moment you earn a badge.
Your badge on every responsibility — and what the next level takes.
Your pay range and your Fair Pay at today’s readiness.
Your gap to Fair Pay — so there are no surprises.
Earning a badge updates your readiness instantly here — the figures show you exactly where you stand, and your pay follows at your Fair annual adjustment.
Good to know
If I earn a badge today, does my pay go up today?
No — your readiness updates straight away, but your pay updates at the next Fair annual adjustment. That once-a-year rhythm keeps it predictable and tied to fresh market data.
Where does the range come from?
From market salary data for your role and location — the typical low, middle, and high of what the market pays — refreshed each year just before your Fair annual adjustment.
Is being below 100% a bad thing?
Not at all. It just means there’s room to grow — with a clear, paid path to get there. 100% is full proficiency; 100–150% is mastery beyond the role.
I’ve heard the term “compa-ratio” — does it apply here?
It simply compares your pay to the market midpoint (our 75% mark). Unlike older systems, we don’t cap you there — the range climbs well above it as your readiness grows.
Your pay grows as you grow.
A simple, fair, and transparent way to be paid for what you can do — and to keep earning more as your readiness grows, through one clear pay update every year.
A short overview of how Fair Pay works.
► Watch the “Fair Pay” video at exIQtive.com
What this means for you
Raises without the negotiation
Your readiness is tracked all year, then applied as your Fair annual adjustment — automatically. You never have to ask.
Behind on pay? It’s caught.
If your pay is below what’s fair for your level, your Fair annual adjustment moves it up to close the gap.
Your range keeps up with the market
Just before each review, your pay range is refreshed with the latest market salary data — so it never quietly falls behind.
Fair for everyone — and in your hands
The same objective standard for all, and a clear view of what your next level takes. Your pay reflects what you can do.
Your readiness journey
“Readiness” is how much of your role you can confidently do — your knowledge, ability and consistent behavior — on a scale from 0% to 150%. You build it one responsibility at a time, and it sets where your pay sits in your range.
Your overall readiness blends all your responsibilities, so your number moves smoothly between these levels as you grow. The colors above match the ones on your Readiness Bar in exIQtive.com.
How you earn a badge
A badge isn’t given for showing up — you earn it by demonstrating three things for the responsibility:
Knowledge
You prove that you retained the knowledge to fulfill the responsibility.
Ability
You can actually carry it out — not just describe it.
Consistent Behavior
You apply that knowledge and ability reliably — over time, not just once.
The badge is yours to go and earn. When you’re ready, you prepare and request an inspection from a certified coach for that responsibility. They confirm it against a clear, pass/fail checklist — the same standard for everyone, with no subjective scoring.
How to prepare for inspection
You’re never left guessing what an inspection covers. Every responsibility has a checklist of checkpoints, and each checkpoint gives you everything you need to get ready:
Microlearning
Short learning content that builds the knowledge the checkpoint requires.
A quiz
Check — and prove — that you’ve retained that knowledge.
The inspection protocol
The exact steps your coach follows to confirm your ability and consistent behavior — so you know precisely what’s expected.
It’s all in exIQtive.com. Work through the checkpoints at your own pace — the learning, the quizzes, and the inspection protocol — then request your inspection when you’re ready. No surprises on inspection day.
How your badges add up
You earn a badge for each responsibility you hold. Each badge sets that responsibility’s readiness — and your overall readiness is the weighted average across all of them, weighted by each responsibility’s importance — so the ones that matter most weigh the most.
| Your responsibility | Badge earned | Importance | Readiness |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lead client meetings | Professional | 100% | |
| Keep records up to date | Apprentice | 50% | |
| Mentor new joiners | Coach | 125% |
Importance shows as bars: low · medium · high. 0 bars means the responsibility is ignored and doesn’t affect your readiness.
It’s this single overall number that places you in your pay range — and it rises as you earn and upgrade badges.
How your pay is set
Your position has a market range
A fair pay range for your position, built from real market salary data for your location.
Your readiness sets your place in it
Your demonstrated readiness decides where you sit. At 75% you’re at the market midpoint; at the top, the maximum.
Fair Pay is that point
Your Fair Pay is simply the spot in the range that matches your readiness. The higher your readiness, the higher the point.
At 0% readiness you’re at the minimum and at 150% the maximum. The market midpoint for your position sits at the 75% mark — and the range keeps climbing well above it, because greater readiness earns greater pay.
When your pay actually changes
Your readiness can rise the moment you earn a badge — but your pay changes on a predictable, once-a-year schedule, not the instant you level up. Here’s exactly what happens at your Fair annual adjustment, and in what order:
First, your range is refreshed
Your pay range is updated with the latest market salary data for your role, so it reflects today’s market — not last year’s.
Then your Fair Pay is recalculated
Using your current readiness, your place in the refreshed range is set, and your pay is moved up to match if it’s behind.
Earning a badge doesn’t change your pay that day. It raises your readiness right away in exIQtive.com — and that growth is applied at your next Fair annual adjustment. One clear update a year, always built on fresh market data, so it stays predictable and current.
See where you stand — any time
There’s no black box. Open exIQtive.com whenever you like and see, in real time, the same readiness and pay information your managers see:
Your overall readiness — updated the moment you earn a badge.
Your badge on every responsibility — and what the next level takes.
Your pay range and your Fair Pay at today’s readiness.
Your gap to Fair Pay — so there are no surprises.
Earning a badge updates your readiness instantly here — the figures show you exactly where you stand, and your pay follows at your Fair annual adjustment.
Good to know
If I earn a badge today, does my pay go up today?
No — your readiness updates straight away, but your pay updates at the next Fair annual adjustment. That once-a-year rhythm keeps it predictable and tied to fresh market data.
Where does the range come from?
From market salary data for your role and location — the typical low, middle, and high of what the market pays — refreshed each year just before your Fair annual adjustment.
Is being below 100% a bad thing?
Not at all. It just means there’s room to grow — with a clear, paid path to get there. 100% is full proficiency; 100–150% is mastery beyond the role.
I’ve heard the term “compa-ratio” — does it apply here?
It simply compares your pay to the market midpoint (our 75% mark). Unlike older systems, we don’t cap you there — the range climbs well above it as your readiness grows.